Forever Grateful Ranch - Small Game (Rabbit & Tree Squirrel)

Forever Grateful Ranch offers private small game hunting for rabbit and tree squirrel on 324 acres in the Shasta Valley of Siskiyou County, California, just outside Yreka. Every booking is exclusive, with a two-hunter limit, so you and a partner get the whole property to yourselves for two full days afield.
The ranch sits around 3,000 feet on rolling foothill ground where juniper woodland breaks up a grass and sagebrush understory. That edge cover is exactly where rabbits bed during the day and slip out to feed at first and last light. A rocky rimrock outcrop with scattered juniper adds broken terrain and escape cover worth working slowly, and the open country gives you long looks across the valley toward the Cascades.
Parking and access are at the southwest corner of the property, and the boundaries load right into the Infinite Outdoors app so you always know where you stand. There are no stands or blinds here. This is country you cover on foot, pushing brush edges for cottontails and glassing the open flats for jackrabbits.
Rabbit season opens in early summer and runs into late January, and jackrabbits are open year round. Tree squirrel opens with an archery only season in August, followed by the general season from September into late January. All you need is a California hunting license, with no draw required, and nonlead ammunition is mandatory for all hunting in the state. Lodging, fuel, and restaurants are a short drive away in Yreka.

The cover on this ground is built for small game. Juniper woodland mixed with sagebrush and native grass creates the brushy edges rabbits rely on for bedding and escape, with open feeding areas right alongside. Cottontails hold tight in the sage and along juniper edges, so work those slowly and be ready for a quick flush. Jackrabbits use the open flats and can often be spotted at a distance, which makes glassing ahead of you a good habit. The rimrock outcrop deserves a careful pass, since the rock and scattered juniper give rabbits a place to hide when pushed. For tree squirrels, slow down and still hunt the heavier stands of trees in the early morning, when squirrels are most active. Mornings and evenings are the most productive times for both species.

Rabbit: Jul–late Jan. Squirrel: archery Aug–Sep, firearm Sep–late Jan

2-day hunt. By booking the first day of your adventure on this listing, you're automatically booked for the following day as well.

Reservation fees are due at the time of booking, and are non-refundable. 100% of the outdoorsman fee will process 14 full days prior to the adventure start date.

Cancellations must be made outside of the 14-day payment policy window. Any cancellations made within the 14 day window may be subject to full or partial changes. The IO team will work with you to reschedule, if applicable.

If there is a lapse in availability, please do not be discouraged to reach out to IO. All calendars are set and managed by landowners, and unavailability is set by them. However, IO is willing to reach out on your behalf, to check on available dates. Other reasons for unavailable dates include biologist recommended hunter/harvest quotas that landowners implement, as well as state season dates not being released.

You are not legally allowed to access the property, for any adventure, prior to your selected access day. If you try to access the property at all before your selected date(s), without prior approval from IO, you will be subject to trespassing and punishments therein.

https://wildlife.ca.gov/Hunting/Small-Game